You can also take the strategy of staggering the age of the properties that you buy so that those big expenses are scattered __ years apart.  

Once you increase rent on one unit, the rest will know it's coming and may scatter quickly, leaving you with multiple vacancies. 

Then I carried on to my afternoon appointments, with cobwebs and dirt scattered all over me.Luckily, my trusted HVAC guy was able to salvage the furnace with some new parts, and the water drained relatively quickly.

Property managers who manage scattered site properties operate differently than large, institutional grade PM companies managing 100 unit plus communities.

I’m scattered a bit with two family properties in the heights.

Are they mostly around the Gibsonville area or are you scattered throughout the triangle and triad?

We started with scattered lots, probably did 100+ of those. 

., might have similar costs for both SFH and MF6-OPEXSFH – lower costs…usually the landlord doesn’t pay for utilitiesMF – higher costs…landlord pays for some utilities7-Property ManagerSFH – more expensive since the properties will be scattered around...maybe with a large portfolio, the costs might dropMF – cheaper, might come with the package8-VacancySFH - tenants with kids and/or pets might be more attracted to SFH’s…decent schools, nice backyard, garage, no noisy neighbors MF – typical for the market if the rent rates are right9-ExitSFH – might be hard to sell as a portfolio…the investor might decide to sell properties individuallyMF – easier to package and sellDidn't consider asset appreciation in this post , however, SFH's will appreciate more than MF's...for me personally, I look at the property appreciation as a nice bonus.

Its extremely cheap living but no real grocery stores (yes I know there is a Ft McCoy Grocery) or restaurants (Subway).There are decently sized mobile home communities scattered here and there but I would definitely want to know if this home falls into one of the "bad ones". 

I go wherever the best deal is-likely scattered across many small towns all over the State.